Lenovo has announced new 7-inch and 10-inch tablets with quad-core processors and Google's latest Android 4.2 operating system, becoming one of the few companies to offer that version of the OS in tablets. The S6000 tablet has a 10-inch ...
Smartphones and tablets with the emerging Wi-Fi wireless networking technology, 802.11ac, will arrive early in the second half of this year, a Qualcomm executive said. Mobile devices based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800 series processors ...
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Helping IT shops deal with the security and management of consumer smartphones and tablets in the workplace will be a big theme at Mobile World Congress (MWC) this week. Samsung and Red Bend Software jointly announced Monday that they ...
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MasterCard on Monday revised its year-old mobile payment strategy by unveiling a digital, cloud-based service called MasterPass that moves well beyond near-field communication technology used in smartphones to support QR codes, traditional ...
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Mobile phone operators will make more revenue from data use than voice calls by 2018, according to a new report from mobile operator body GSMA. The report comes as Mobile World Congress (MWC), The GSMA's annual mobile device convention, ...
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Mozilla has revealed that LG, ZTE, Huawei and TCL will all be producing handsets for its Firefox OS for mobiles. In an event at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, it also said that 18 operators, including Deutsche Telekom and ...
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Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg took centre stage as Mobile World Congress got underway this morning by serving the tradition of giving his telecoms predictions for the year ahead. Vestberg also presented a full picture of new products, ...
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The Lumia 520 is Nokia’s most affordable Windows Phone 8 smartphone to date Nokia today unveiled a new range of smartphones at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and announced plans to extend the innovations to more markets. First ...
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Aeroflex says its 7100 digital radio test set now has support for carrier aggregation as used in wideband LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) mobile networks. Carrier aggregation allows multiple radio carriers to be added together, allowing wider ...
Qualcomm today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Qualcomm Technologies, in conjunction with Sierra Wireless and Ericsson, has successfully demonstrated LTE carrier aggregation and Category 4 data rates. LTE carrier aggregation is ...
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ARM has signed 75 licenses for its Mali GPU which are now in 70% of graphics-enabled digital TVs, 50% of Android tablets and 20% of Android smartphones, said ARM at Mobile World Congress this morning. Mali GPU volumes have grown from less ...
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Mobile risk management company Fixmo today announced a strategic partnership with Samsung that will see the global leader in smartphones embed Fixmo’s patented Sentinel Integrity Services technology on its smartphones and tablets. ...
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Sony today launched the world’s thinnest 10.1-inch tablet at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Xperia Tablet Z will launch globally in the second quarter or 2013, Sony revealed. According to the company, the tablet is the ...
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Mozilla has used Mobile World Congress, which kicked off today in Barcelona, as the platform to preview the first commercial build of its Firefox OS open mobile ecosystem and announced new operator rollout plans. The first wave of Firefox ...
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Mobile World Congress The annual Mobile World Congress - formerly known as 3GSM - is intended to highlight the latest trends in mobile technology and services. It runs from 25 - 28 February in Barcelona, this year, and is organised by ...